The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-29
In the British House Of Lords On Ene 18th


the Crimes bill was read a third time.
THE Congregation of the Propaganda are
awaiting the report of the meeting Of the
eleven American Bishops, presided over
by Cardinal Gibbons, before pronouncing
finally whether the Vatican approves or
condemns the Knights of Labor.
EMIE BEY has been heard from. In
March last he was exploring large stream
flowing into the southern part of Lake
Victoria NyanZa
THE fifteenth anniversary Of the death Of
President Juarez was observed at the City
of Mexico on the 18th with much display.
His tomb was decorated with flowers.
Those present included the chief officers of
the Government, journalists and prominent
citizens. The procession was one hour in
passing the review stand and was intended
as a demonstration against the Clerical
party.
A COLLISION occurred recently at Spit
head between the British ironclads Ajax
and Devastation. The Devastation was con-
siderably damaged and had bad leak.
By hurricane on the Argentine Repub-
lie coast recently, several vessels were
driven ashore and wrecked.
ANDREW CARNEGIE is supplying funds for
an expedition headed by Joseph Manson to
start for Lake Tchad, Central Africa.
THE Finance Committee Of the French
Senate announces that it Will not oppose
the Mobilization bill.
AT the rife contest for the Kolapore cup
at Wimbledon, England, the English team
won by a score of 10 and the Canadian
team was second with 663.
THE British ironclads Agincourt and
Black Prince collided in the harbor of Ports
mouth, Eng, on the Goth. The former was
damaged.
PARNELL was entertained at a banquet in
London on the Goth by the National Liberal
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Liberal party.
RUMoRs Of an uproar in the Bulgarian
SObranje were prevalent in Paris on the
Goth.
THE French Chamber of Deputies has
voted 5O0,O 900 francs for the temporary re-
sumption of performances by the company
of the destroyed Opera Comique Theater.
THE English rife team won the EIcho
challenge shield at Wimbledon, England
scoring eleven points more than the Scotch
and fourteen more than the Irish rifiemen.
MORGAN, the New York bicyclst, at Lon
don recently broke the worlds record for
a quarter of mile, having made the dis
tance in 331z seconds.
WAR material to cost 81, 400, 900 has been
ordered for Roumania from German iron
works
MIA, reached England on the 21st from New
York.
RUSSIAN funds fell heavily on the 21st on
! the Brussels and Antwerp bourses.
THERE was a report received in London
/ on the 21st that Explorer Stanley had been
| killed by hostile natives IN Africa. The re-
| port was discredited because of the round
/ about way it was received and its geograph-
/ ical disconnection.
/ TWENTY FIVE deaths from cholera oc-
CURED at Catania, Italy, on the 21st. The
| people were pauic-StriClken.
| THE bodies of six Swiss tourists, lost re-
! Gently while attempting to ascend the
/ Jungfrau without the assistance of guides,
/ hBve been recovered. They were found at
the bottom of a precipice.
| MRS W. r. MILLS, her two daughters and
a sister-in-law went into the lake near
/ Kingston, Ont, the other night to bathe.
| One of the daughters got beyond her depth
and the others went to her rescue. The
result was that all except the younger
! daughter were drowned.
! BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) during
! the seven days ended July 21 numbered for
the United States 147; for Canada, D;
| total, III, compared with 179 the previous
week and 1873 the corresponding week Of
| last year.
THE st. Thomas, Ont, railroad disaster,
\ it was alleged, was due to the intoxication
Of the engineer and fireman.
| A DISPATCH from Glasgow, Scotland, says
i The Firth of Olna has been lost in a cyclone
| in Java waters. Her entire crew, number
ing twenty-five, perished.
| AN Englishman who attempted the as
! cent of the Diavolezza mountains, Switzer-
! land, recently, without guide fell over a
/ precipice and was killed.
A REPORT has been received in Cairo that
a tribe friendly to Egypt attacked the Nah
/ dists under Osman Digna, near Kassala, re-
/ Gently, and that heavy fighting ensued,
| during which 1900 men were killed.
! THE session of the French Chamber of
/ Deputies closed on the 22d.
GENERAL SALAMANCA has been appointed
| Captaih-General of Cuba.
THE police of Limerick, Ireland, have
/ been ordered to carry revOlvers.
/ THE Emperor of Brazil paid a visit to
/ President Grevy of France on the 22d.
The British Unionists propose to give a
/ banquet to Lord Harrington August >.